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Ghostscript version 8.63 - How to Download and Install on Mac OS X
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ghostscript most recent diffversion 8.63
Scroll down toward the bottom of the page to get installation instructions for ghostscript. The raw portfile for ghostscript 8.63 is located here: https://ghostscript.darwinports.com/dports/print/ghostscript/Portfile Find related portfiles with the unique DarwinPorts.com search feature. Check for any related Fink projects here: pdb.finkproject.org/pdb/package.php/ghostscript # $Id: Portfile 42568 2008-11-24 11:31:37Z takanori PortSystem 1.0 Name: ghostscript Version: 8.63 Category: print Maintainers: takanori openmaintainer Description: GPL Ghostscript, An interpreter for PostScript and PDF Long Description: Ghostscript is the well-known PostScript interpreter which is available for all common and most esoteric platforms and supports many different printers and some displays. Platform: darwin Homepage: https://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/ master_sites sourceforge:${name}:source sourceforge:gs-fonts:fonts distfiles ${distname}.tar.gz:source ghostscript-fonts-std-8.11.tar.gz:fonts ghostscript-fonts-other-6.0.tar.gz:fonts patchfiles patch-src_macos-fw.mak.diff patch-src_macosx.mak.diff patch-src_unix-aux.mak.diff checksums ${distname}.tar.gz md5 b22e689b237a6594d1ca408f2b55a891 ghostscript-fonts-std-8.11.tar.gz md5 6865682b095f8c4500c54b285ff05ef6 ghostscript-fonts-other-6.0.tar.gz md5 1a643ae62ef166562e4d422b1a601272 depends_lib lib:libX11:xorg port:cairo port:expat port:fontconfig port:libiconv port:zlib path:bin/perl:perl5.8 depends_build port:pkgconfig # Can be removed once MacPorts 1.7.0 is released if {![info exists frameworks_dir]} { set frameworks_dir ${prefix}/Library/Frameworks } post-patch { foreach f {src/macosx.mak src/macos-fw.mak} { reinplace "s| reinplace "s| } # Ensure that MacPorts perl is used foreach f {lib/fixmswrd.pl toolbin/pscet_status.pl} { reinplace "s|#!/usr/bin/perl|#!${prefix}/bin/perl|" ${worksrcpath}/${f} } } # Make included JasPer uses its own headers rather than the system ones configure.cppflags-delete "-I${prefix}/include" configure.cppflags-append "-isystem${prefix}/include" configure.args --disable-compile-inits --x-includes=${x11prefix}/include --x-libraries=${x11prefix}/lib --disable-cups build.target use_parallel_build no post-destroot { xinstall -m 755 -d ${destroot}${prefix}/share/${name}/fonts foreach f {*.afm *.gsf *.pfa *.pfb *.pfm fonts.dir fonts.scale} { eval xinstall -m 644 [glob ${workpath}/fonts/${f}] ${destroot}${prefix}/share/${name}/fonts } xinstall -m 755 -d ${destroot}${prefix}/share/doc/${name}-fonts xinstall -m 644 -W ${workpath}/fonts COPYING ChangeLog README README.tweaks TODO ${destroot}${prefix}/share/doc/${name}-fonts ln -s ../${name}/${version}/doc ${destroot}${prefix}/share/doc/${name} } livecheck.distname GPL Ghostscript universal_variant no Variant: cups description {Enable cups support} { configure.args-delete --disable-cups configure.args-append --enable-cups # Informing user enable cups will install files outside of the common directory structure destroot.violate_mtree yes } # Added variant that build the Ghostscript framework. (Thanks, Sal!) Variant: framework description {Build and install Ghostscript.framework} { post-build { move ${worksrcpath}/Makefile ${worksrcpath}/Makefile.CONFIGURE ln -s ${worksrcpath}/src/macosx.mak ${worksrcpath}/Makefile system "cd ${worksrcpath} && make framework" delete ${worksrcpath}/Makefile move ${worksrcpath}/Makefile.CONFIGURE ${worksrcpath}/Makefile } post-destroot { xinstall -m 755 -d ${destroot}${prefix}/Library/Frameworks move ${worksrcpath}/Makefile ${worksrcpath}/Makefile.CONFIGURE ln -s ${worksrcpath}/src/macosx.mak ${worksrcpath}/Makefile system "cd ${worksrcpath} && make framework_install" delete ${worksrcpath}/Makefile move ${worksrcpath}/Makefile.CONFIGURE ${worksrcpath}/Makefile } } If you haven't already installed Darwin Ports, you can find easy instructions for doing so at the main Darwin Ports page. Once Darwin Ports has been installed, in a terminal window and while online, type the following and hit return:
% cd /opt/local/bin/portslocation/dports/ghostscriptYou will then be prompted for your root password, which you should enter. You may have to wait for a few minutes while the software is retrieved from the network and installed for you. Y ou should see something that looks similar to: - Make sure that you do not close the terminal window while Darwin Ports is working. Once the software has been installed, you can find further information about using ghostscript with these commands: % man ghostscript Where to find more information:
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